You don't have to ask yourself if Dimitri From Paris loves what he does. His name is on so many productions, comps, remixes and other projects these days that you can tell this guy lives and breathes the 4/4 like it's oxygen. For this new compilation Nightdubbin', Dimitri acts as godfather for a 3 CD collection of dubbed-out retro cuts from the 1980s. Since I was collecting baseball cards and trying desperately to get my first kiss when most of these underground classics came out, I'm probably a tougher sell than this project's target market, but it stands up well to repeated listens. By the fourth or fifth spin, I loved it. The first CD is mixed by Europe's Nu-Disco kings The Idjut Boys and features such underground classics as "D Train (François K Dub)", "Dance Lover (Nick Martinelli & David Todd Dub)" and Rah Band's "Clouds Across the Moon (Super Nova Mix)". Not surprisingly, François is represented here to the point of tribute - ten dubs across the 3 CDs - but Shep Bettibone, Larry Levan and the highly underrated tandem of Martinelli and Todd are fairly represented as well. CDs 2 and 3 are unmixed selections handpicked by Dimitri, and the there's also extensive liner notes including a lengthy Q&A with François K, John Morales and Paul Simpson.

 

+ Track Listing
CD #1: Mixed by The Idjut Boys/Compiled by Dimitri From Paris

01: Aurra - Such a Feeling Part 2
02: Sandy Kerr - Thug Rock (Dub)
03: Serious Intention - You Don't Know (Special Remix)
04: Michael Wilson - Groove It To Your Body (Instrumental)
05: Lenny White - My Turn To Love You (Dub)
06: D Train - D Train (Dub)
07: Paul Simpson Connection - Treat Me
08: Wuf Ticket - The Key (Dub)
09: Radiance - You're My Number One (Dub)
10: Raw Silk - Just in Time
11: Mikki - Dance Lover (Dub)
12: Electric Dred - Butter Up (Instrumental)
13: Cloud - Steppin Out Jam (Dub)
14: Rah Band - Clouds Across The Moon (Super Nova Mix)
15: Wham - Enjoy What You Do

CD #2: Unmixed/Compiled by Dimitri From Paris

01: Trammps - Whatever Happenned To The Music (Dub)
02: Michael Wilson - Groove It To Your Body (Instrumental)
03: Jamaica Girls - Somebody New (Dub)
04: Serious Intention - You Don't Know (Special Remix)
05: D Train - D Train (Dub)
06: Cloud - Steppin Out Jam (Dub)
07: Wham - Enjoy What You Do
08: Radiance - You're My Number One (Dub)
09: Sandy Kerr - Thug Rock (Dub)
10: Imagination - Changes (DFP Dub Mix)
11: Aurra - Such A Feeling Part 2

CD #3: Unmixed/Compiled by Dimitri From Paris

01: The Winans - Let My People Go (Dub)
02: Third World - One More Time (Dub)
03: Wuf Ticket - The Key Dub
04: Lenny White - My Turn To Love You (Dub)
05: Paul Simpson - Treat Me
06: Raw Silk - Just In Time
07: Mikki - Dance Lover (Dub)
08: Elektrik Dred - Butter Up (Instrumental)
09: Affinity - Don't Go Away (DFP Dub Edit)
10: RAH Band - Clouds Across The Moon (Super Nova Mix)